Analysis of Is it Possible?

David McKee Wright 1869 – 1928



Is it possible
That so high debate,
So sharp, so sore, and of such rate,
Should end so soon and was begun so late?
Is it possible?

Is it possible
So cruel intent,
So hasty heat and so soon spent,
From love to hate, and thence for to relent?
Is it possible?

Is it possible
That any may find
Within one heart so diverse mind,
To change or turn as weather and wind?
Is it possible?

Is it possible
To spy it in an eye
That turns as oft as chance on die,
The truth whereof can any try?
Is it possible?

It is possible
For to turn so oft,
To bring that lowest which was most aloft,
And to fall highest yet to light soft:
It is possible.

All is possible
Whoso list believe.
Trust therefore first, and after preve,
As men wed ladies by licence and leave.
All is possible.


Scheme AbbbA AcccA AdddA AeeeA AffxA AgggA
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 11100 11101 11110111 1111010111 11100 11100 11001 11010111 1111011101 11100 11100 11011 01111011 111111001 11100 11100 111011 11111111 0111101 11100 11100 11111 1111011101 011101111 11100 11100 1101 1110101 1111011001 11100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 741
Words 154
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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David McKee Wright

David McKee Wright was an Irish-born poet and journalist, active in New Zealand and Australia. more…

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